• POM
n. a person from England …1912 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• POMIVOROUS
adj. eating or feeding on apples …1855 nonce word
• POMMIE; POMMY
n. a person from England …1912 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• POMPED
adj. pampered, spoiled …1886 Amer. dial.
• POMPER
vb. to pamper, to spoil …1815 Amer. dial.
• POMPEY
adj. of a floor in a burning building: bulging or sagging in a dangerous degree …1904 Amer. dial.
• POMPEYED
adj. pampered, spoiled, coddled …1942 Amer. dial.
• POMPEY ICE
n. ice that will bend when you step on it, but not break …1911 Amer. dial.
• POMPEY WHORE
n. in bingo: the number 4 …1910s rhyming sl.
• POMPILLION
n. a term applied in contempt to a man …a1625 obs. rare
• POMPION
n. a pumpkin …a1545
• POM-POM
n. 1. a machine gun …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 2. sexual intercourse …1950s sl.
n. 3. a pump-action shotgun …1970s US criminals’ sl.
• POMP UP
vb. to pamper, to flatter, to spoil …1886 Amer. dial.
• POMS
n. dancing shoes …1930s Irish sl.
• PON
vb. to pawn, to pledge …1887 Amer. dial.
• PONCE
n. 1. a pimp …1872 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a male homosexual; an effeminate man …1932 Brit. sl., derogatory
n. 3. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1953 sl.
• PONCE ABOUT
vb. to behave in an effeminate way …1954 sl.
• PONCE OFF
vb. to cadge or scrounge money …1937 sl.
• PONCE ON
vb. to cadge or scrounge money …1937 sl.
• PONCEY; PONCY
n. a male homosexual …1964 sl.
• POND
n. 1. the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 2. any large body of water …1950s Amer. sl.
n. 3. beer; illegally made liquor; moonshine …1966 Amer. dial.
• THE POND
n. the Atlantic Ocean …US Civil War usage
• POND CHICKEN
n. a bullfrog …1954 Amer. dial.
• POND FROG
n. 1. a bullfrog …1672 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a tree frog …1922 Amer. dial.
• POND LIZARD
n. a small frog that sings or chirps loudly in spring …1968 Amer. dial.
• POND SKUM
n. grease on hair …Bk1998 teen sl.
• POND WATER
n. 1. beer; illegally made liquor; moonshine …1950 Amer. dial.
n. 2. very weak coffee …1966 Amer. dial.
• PONDY
adj. swampy; marshy …1686 Amer. dial.
• PONE
n. 1. a hard lump or swelling on the body …1895 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a roll of body fat …1936 Amer. dial.
vb. to swell …1962 Amer. dial.
• PONED OUT
adj. swollen …1990 Amer. dial.
• PONED UP
adj. swollen …1962 Amer. dial.
• PONENT
adj. situated in the west, western …1538 obs.
n. 1. the place or direction of the sunset; the west …1538 obs. or arch.
n. 2. in logic: the posits or affirms …1837-8
n. 3. in geology: name (proposed by H. D. Rogers) for the twelfth of the fifteen subdivisions of the Palæozoic strata of the Appalachian chain …1858
• THE PONES
n. the buttocks …1984 Amer. dial.
• PONE UP
vb. to swell …1962 Amer. dial.
• PONG
n. 1. a Chinese person …1906 Aust. sl., derogatory or offensive
n. 2. an unpleasant smell …1919 sl.
vb. to smell unpleasantly …1927 sl.
• PONGO
n. 1. a marine …1917 Brit. naval sl.
n. 2. a soldier …1917 Brit. naval sl.
n. 3. an English person …1942 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 4. an army officer …1943 Brit. sl.
n. 5. a Black person …1968 sl., derogatory or offensive
• PONGY
adj. smelly …1936 sl.
• ‘PON MY SAM!
int. an expletive …1879 Eng. dial.
• ‘PON MY SANG!
int. a petty oath …Bk1904 Sc.
• PONNY
n. a sleigh-ride …1903 Amer. dial.
vb. to sleigh-ride …1903 Amer. dial.
• PONTE
n. £1 … Bk1903 sl.
• PONTIUS PILATE
n. a pawnbroker …L18 sl.
• PONTOON
n. 1. twenty-one months imprisonment …1950 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a large foot …1965 Amer. dial.
• PONUM
n. the face or head …L19 Aust. sl.
• PONY
n. 1. a small glass or measure of alcohol …1849 sl.
n. 2. £25 …1797 sl.
n. 3. money … Bk1903 sl.
n. 4. a racehorse; usually used in the plural …1907 sl.
• PONYBACK RIDE
n. a piggyback ride …1967 Amer. dial.
• PONY KEG
n. a store selling beer, wine, ice, picnic and party supplies, and occasionally convenience items …1971 Amer. dial.
• PONY RIDE
n. a piggyback ride …1957 Amer. dial.
• PONY UP
vb. to pay up …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• POO
n. excrement …1960 sl., chiefly a children’s word
vb. to defecate …1980 euphemism, orig. a children’s word
• POOCH
n. 1. a dog …1924 sl., orig. US
n. 2. an oversize stomach …1969 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a sack, pouch, protrusion; a swelling, or bulge of the body …1971 Amer. dial.
• POOCHER
n. a sack, pouch, protrusion; a swelling, or bulge of the body …1986 Amer. dial.
• POOCH HOUND
n. a dog …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOCH-JAWED
adj. having jaws protruding at the sides …1942 Amer. dial.
• POOCH-MOUTH
n. one who protrudes their lips in a sulking or pouting manner …1904 Amer. dial.
• POOCH-MOUTHED
adj. sulking, pouting …1908 Amer. dial.
• POOCH OUT
vb. to bulge, to swell; to protrude …1902 Amer. dial.
• POOCH PASH
n. transitory infatuation of a boy or girl …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POODLE
n. any dog …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POODLE-FAKER
n. a man who cultivates female society, esp. for professional advancement …1902 sl., chiefly services’ usage
• POOEY!
int. used as a call to pigs …1902 Amer. dial.
• POOF
int. nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. a male homosexual; an effeminate man …1860 sl., derogatory
• POOFTAH; POOFTER
n. a male homosexual …1903 sl., chiefly Aust., derogatory
• POOFTEROO
n. a male homosexual …1903 sl., chiefly Aust., derogatory
• POOFTER RORTER
n. a homosexual’s pimp …1945 Aust. sl.
• POO-GEE!
int. used as a call to pigs …1912 Amer. dial.
• POO-GOO-GEE!
int. used as a call to pigs when they are a long distance away …1912 Amer. dial.
• POOH
int. nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. excrement …1960 sl., chiefly a children’s word
vb. to defecate …1980 euphemism, orig. a children’s word
• POOHED OUT
adj. fatigued, exhausted, very tired …1930 Amer. dial.
• POOH OUT
vb. to fail, to grow weak or tired; to come to night …1930 Amer. dial.
• POOH-POOH
n. excrement …1960 sl., chiefly a children’s word
• POOL
n. 1. the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a person of racially mixed ancestry …1963 Amer. dial.
vb. to betray, often implying incrimination …1907 Aust. sl.
• POOMER
n. anything very large or of an extraordinary size; a big lie …B1900 Eng. dial.
• POON
n. a foolish person …1940 sl., chiefly Aust.
• POONA
n. £1 … Bk1903 sl.
• POONTANG
n. 1. sexual intercourse; the female genitals …1929 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
n. 2. a woman viewed as a sex object …1947 sl.
• POONTANG MAGNET
n. a man who is irresistibly alluring to a woman …1980s sl.
• POON UP
vb. to dress oneself in stylish or flashy clothes …1943 Aust. sl.
• POOP
n. 1. the act of breaking wind; a fart …1899 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a foolish person; an ineffectual or incompetent person …1915 sl.
n. 3. the latest information …1941 sl., orig. & chiefly US
n. 4. excrement …1948 sl.
vb. 1. to break wind; to fart …1899 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to defecate …1903 sl.
vb. 3. to possess carnally …Bk1903 sl.
vb. 4. to tire; to exhaust; often followed by ‘out’ …1932 sl., orig. US
• POOP-CATCHERS
n. trousers tied at the ankles, as worn by country farm-workers; knickerbockers …1930s Aust. sl.
• POOP-CHUTE
n. the rectum …E20 US sl.
• POOPED
adj. tired …1932 sl., orig. US
• POOPED OUT
adj. dead …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOPERSCOOP
n. a small shovel carried to clear up a dog’s excrement from the street, etc. …1976 sl.
• POOPERSCOOPER
n. a small shovel carried to clear up a dog’s excrement from the street, etc. …1976 sl.
• POOPIE
n. excrement …1955 sl., chiefly a children’s word
• POO-POO
n. excrement …1960 sl., chiefly a children’s word
• POO POO POO!
int! used as a call to pigs …1966 Amer. dial.
• POOP SHEET
n. a written notice, report, etc., containing information …1941 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• POOPSIE
n. a term of endearment …1942 US sl.
• POOP-STICK
n. an ineffectual or incompetent person …1930 sl.
• POOPSY
n. a term of endearment …1942 US sl.
• POOPY
adj. 1. ineffectual, incompetent …1957 sl., chiefly US
adj. 2. afraid …1963 sl.
n. excrement …1955 sl., chiefly a children’s word
• POOR
adj. thin; skinny …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOR AS A BLACK SNAKE
adj. of a person: very thin …1869 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS A CROW
adj. 1. poor in flesh …1909 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. of a person: very thin …1965 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS A CUMMER
adj. of a person: very thin …1965 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS ADAM’S OFF-OX
adj. extremely poor …1966 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS A DOG
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. – very poor
• POOR AS A FENCE RAIL
adj. of a person: very thin …1954 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS A JAYBIRD
adj. 1. extremely poor …1965 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. of a person: very thin …1965 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS AN AIKAMY
adj. very lean …1929 Sc.
• POOR AS AN OWL
adj. very poor …1968 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS A RAIL
adj. of a person: very thin …1965 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS A RAKE
adj. very thin …1883 Eng. dial.
• POOR AS A RAT
adj. very poor …1833
• POOR AS A SNAIL
adj. of a person: very thin …1965 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS A SNAKE
adj. 1. 1797 Amer. dial. – very poor, impoverished
adj. 2. 1828 Amer. dial. – very thin
• POOR AS A WHIPPOORWILL
adj. of a person: very thin …1965 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS BILLY-BE-DAMNED
adj. very poor …1968 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS BILLY HELL
adj. very poor …1965 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS DICK’S HATBAND
adj. very poor …1968 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS GAR BROTH
adj. very poor …1912 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS GOD’S OFF OX
adj. very poor …1848 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS JACOB’S CAT
adj. very poor, having lost everything …1966 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS JOB’S TURKEY
adj. of a person: very thin …1965 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS OWL DUNG
adj. very poor …1974 Amer. sl.
• POOR AS OWL SHIT
adj. very poor …1967 Amer. sl.
• POOR AS POODUE
adj. extremely poor …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS POVERTY IN A GALE O’ WIND
adj. extremely poor …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• POOR AWAY
vb. to grow thin …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• POOR BARKER
n. a low-class, poor White person …1890 Amer. dial.
• POOR BOY
adj. cheap, makeshift, improvised …1950 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a submarine sandwich …1931 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a small whisky …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 3. chili con carne …1949 Amer. dial.
vb. to make or repair in a hand-to-mouth or makeshift manner …1979 Amer. dial.
• POOR BOY FLOAT
n. a glass of water and a toothpick …1952 Amer. dial.
• POOR BOY IT
vb. to make do, to get by cheaply …1939 Amer. dial.
• POOR BOY SANDWICH
n. a submarine sandwich …1938 Amer. dial.
• POOR BUCKRA
n. a low-class, poor White person …1836 Amer. dial.
• POOR DO
n. 1. something inferior, unsuccessful, make-do …1941 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a shiftless, trifling person; a ne’er-do-well …1994 Amer. dial.
• POORER THAN CATWATER
adj. very poor …1958 Amer. dial.
• POORER THAN SKIMMED WHEY
adj. extremely poor …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• POOR EXCUSE FOR LOOKS
n. someone or something unattractive …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOR FISH
n. a gullible person, a dupe, a greenhorn; an undesirable person, a jerk …1900 Amer. dial.
• POOR FOLKS’ PLAGUE
n. a head louse, a body louse …1966 Amer. dial.
• POOR HEART
n. a pitiable person …1599 obs.
• POOR HOG
vb. to make do, to get by …1933 Amer. dial.
• POORISH
adj. somewhat ill; indisposed …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POORLYISH
adj. somewhat ill; indisposed …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOR MAN
n. a submarine sandwich …1965 Amer. dial.
• POOR MAN’S APPLE
n. a potato …1999 Amer. dial.
• POOR MAN’S CHEESE
n. cottage cheese …1941 Amer. dial.
• POOR MAN’S COW
n. canned milk …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOR MAN’S FERTILIZER
n. a light fall of snow in the late spring …1959 Amer. dial.
• POOR MAN’S GRAVY
n. a meatless gravy of flour, milk, or water, and fat, when available …1930 Amer. dial.
• POOR MAN’S MANURE
n. a light fall of snow in the late spring …1959 Amer. dial.
• POOR MAN’S ORANGE
n. 1. a tomato …1950 Amer. dial.
n. 2. cabbage …2000 Amer. dial.
• POOR MAN’S ORCHID
n. an iris …1966 Amer. dial.
• POOR MAN’S SOUP
n. a soup made from odds and ends …1942 Amer. dial.
• POOR SAM
n. an opossum …1927 Amer. dial.
• THE POOR SCHOLAR
n. one who, aspiring to be a schoolmaster, went about the country challenging holders of that position to literary contests …1843 Ireland obs.
• POOR SHOTE
n. a shiftless or worthless person …1899 Amer. dial.
• POOR SKATE
n. one who does not pay his bills …1967 Amer. dial.
• POOR TOOL
n. a worthless fellow …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• POOSHEY
adj. cowardly; effeminate …1960s Ulster sl.
n. 1. a coward …1960s Ulster sl.
n. 2. an over-sensitive person …1960s Ulster sl.
• POOSHIE
adj. cowardly; effeminate …1960s Ulster sl.
n. 1. one who takes offense easily; a timorous person; a coward …1966 Ulster sl.
n. 2. an over-sensitive person …1960s Ulster sl.
n. 3. an effeminate man …Irish sl.
n. 4. a call to a cat …Irish sl.
• POOSHY
adj. cowardly; effeminate …1960s Ulster sl.
n. 1. a coward …1960s Ulster sl.
n. 2. an over-sensitive person …1960s Ulster sl.
• POOSTER ABOUT
vb. to walk around the house at night …1895 Amer. dial.
• POO THE BACKIE
vb. to indulge a little …1907 Sc.
• POOVE
n. a male homosexual; an effeminate man …1860 sl., derogatory
• POOWEE!
int. used as a call to pigs …1902 Amer. dial.
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